Walkies!

Welcome to another edition of La Niche Chien! Today, on La Niche Chien we're going to look at one subject that is central to every dog owner who lives in the city -- walking the dog. As you remember, last time on La Niche Chien Schmoogie got lost (and fortunately, found). Now one thing changed after Schmoogie got lost -- she used to not like to walk. Evidently exploring the neighbourhood was enough to get her interested in walking around. Now she will go for long walks except in the daytime when it's too hot. Early in the morning, or at night, Schmoogie will walk until her little feet are sore! And so walks turned from a chore to a pleasure, and Schmoogie gets quite excited when she knows it's time for her walks! She follows quite well on the lead and stays close when cars are passing up and down the street (but more about that next week on La Niche Chien, when I'll tell you about one really frightening experience I had with her. She was fairly good on the leash, except that when my friend Teena was in the house, and didn't come out for a walk because she was otherwise occupied, Schmoogie would lie down and refuse to move. Since it was inconvenient, this turned out to be a real problem. (When Teena was gone from the house, she would behave quite well.)